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earned his livelihood by selling them.
Nothing is gained by becoming a king or a minister. One has got to suffer what is written in one's fate. Even if a man climbs on the top of a mountain which cannot be reached or crossed easily, or even if he enters in the deep underground by breaking open the earth, what is written in his fate will necessarily happen.
Now when the minister Subudhdhi saw that their kingdom had gone into the hands of the enemy, he started finding out ways and means to regain it. He moved about here and there in other cities. While 50 moving about, Subudhdhi reached Laxmipur. There he happened to see his son carrying a bundle of wood. The minister at once remembered the challenge he had given to the Goddess of Fate. Tears began to come out from his eyes. He however thought out a remedy with patience and intelligence. He said to his son
